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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:51:59 +0100 |
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Marc Joliet <marcec@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Am Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:23:57 +0000 |
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> schrieb Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>: |
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> > ISTR a change in udev that prevented renaming devices. Put it all as |
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> > symlinks instead of renaming and trying to symlink back to %k. It |
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> > seems that all the replies with working examples do it this way too. |
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That works, thanks. |
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[snip] |
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> So currently you can only change network interface names, and nothing |
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> else. |
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> [0] I haven't searched extensively, but found a related Email from |
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> Greg K-H (search for "rename") that points out that device node |
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> renaming has problematic/fragile behaviour: |
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> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1010.1/00427.html. |
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> [1] |
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> https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/device-drivers/API-device-rename.html |
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> (documentation generated from linux-3.0-rc7). Relevant quote: "Device |
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> nodes are not renamed at all, there isn't even support for that in |
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> the kernel now." |
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Thanks for the discussion (snipped) and the links. Something Greg K-H |
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said about kernel names reminded me that I've been meaning to stop |
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using them in fstab as well. |
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I've been a Gentoo user for twelve years, and I've learned a lot -- |
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including some bad habits, heh. |
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